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Thorpe Park: General Discussion
Some Quick Thoughts on Angry Birds Land:
1. Dodgems: They are fun. The cars are spacious and comfortable, and use a lap bar system that works nicely. The minimal design of the cars actually work quite well. The ride is smooth, no bump was painful. An improvement over chessington's and very enjoyable. The themed cladding is appalling though. Some 2D brickwork on a piece of polystyrene is not good enough!
2. 4D Movie: Surprisingly good. There are actually seats here and they are very comfortable. The effects are to a mostly good standard and the movie is somewhat decent. The effects are used in a number of ways that haven't been used in a merlin 4d before. It actually surprised me! Recommended. Shame about the blatant sexism with the pink bird!
3. Other Guff: The shop has an uninspiring collection of pluff toys, key rings and board games. Though the Jenga one looked cool. There new food outlet, offers jacket potatos, hot dogs, and cookies/muffins. Seemed alright. Theming is uninspiring throughout, but what is there is decent and the area is actually quite pleasant to be in. There is even a little interactive, reaction based game, which is free!! and also makes no sense. Detonator retheme, is really just a sign and soundtrack change.
Final rating 7/10
Surprisingly good! The rides are comfortable and to a god standard, the area looks alright. Its fine really.
Also note: They have a new Aliens arcade game in the dome, but this is a light gun game, and the graphics are cell shaded. WT*?
1. Dodgems: They are fun. The cars are spacious and comfortable, and use a lap bar system that works nicely. The minimal design of the cars actually work quite well. The ride is smooth, no bump was painful. An improvement over chessington's and very enjoyable. The themed cladding is appalling though. Some 2D brickwork on a piece of polystyrene is not good enough!
2. 4D Movie: Surprisingly good. There are actually seats here and they are very comfortable. The effects are to a mostly good standard and the movie is somewhat decent. The effects are used in a number of ways that haven't been used in a merlin 4d before. It actually surprised me! Recommended. Shame about the blatant sexism with the pink bird!
3. Other Guff: The shop has an uninspiring collection of pluff toys, key rings and board games. Though the Jenga one looked cool. There new food outlet, offers jacket potatos, hot dogs, and cookies/muffins. Seemed alright. Theming is uninspiring throughout, but what is there is decent and the area is actually quite pleasant to be in. There is even a little interactive, reaction based game, which is free!! and also makes no sense. Detonator retheme, is really just a sign and soundtrack change.
Final rating 7/10
Surprisingly good! The rides are comfortable and to a god standard, the area looks alright. Its fine really.
Also note: They have a new Aliens arcade game in the dome, but this is a light gun game, and the graphics are cell shaded. WT*?
Rob
TS Team
So, some photos of this "themed area" from Thorpe Park Mania's Facebook page:
Nothing short of embarrassing for what is meant to be a top theme park. Looks like Detonator's re-theme is basically a few new signs and two boxes of TNT at the entrance, wow.
Not much else to say really, I look forward to laughing at it myself in a few weeks time.
Nothing short of embarrassing for what is meant to be a top theme park. Looks like Detonator's re-theme is basically a few new signs and two boxes of TNT at the entrance, wow.
Not much else to say really, I look forward to laughing at it myself in a few weeks time.
Rose Of Dawn
TS Member
I think we were all expecting it to be bad, but it's an embarrassment for both Thorpe Park and Merlin. The dodgems look like they are straight from a county funfair, Detonator's re-theme is barely noticeable, and the less said about the stickers the better.
It says a lot when Europa Park has better themed toilets than this.
It says a lot when Europa Park has better themed toilets than this.
TheMan
TS Member
Oh no.
I thought the idea was cheap, but that spoils the surroundings beyond what I expected.
No B&M loop should EVER be hidden behind some cheap sign like that, and how about the way the entrance cuts straight through the vista of Stealth! The most iconic part of the TP skyline!
That's horrendous, cobbled together, cheap, tacky, it's totally out of place!!!
Seriously? Who thought of this? There are 4 people on this forum alone I could think would do a better job and I'd personally employ before the muppet that thought this was suitable for Thorpe.
Merlin, you are a disgrace.
I thought the idea was cheap, but that spoils the surroundings beyond what I expected.
No B&M loop should EVER be hidden behind some cheap sign like that, and how about the way the entrance cuts straight through the vista of Stealth! The most iconic part of the TP skyline!
That's horrendous, cobbled together, cheap, tacky, it's totally out of place!!!
Seriously? Who thought of this? There are 4 people on this forum alone I could think would do a better job and I'd personally employ before the muppet that thought this was suitable for Thorpe.
Merlin, you are a disgrace.
Rob
TS Team
I expected it to be bad, however they have somehow managed to make it worse than even I expected. That really is saying something. It looks so so cheap, how they can possibly think it enhances the park is beyond. At least Thorpe are consistent though, they're non-coaster investments remain diabolical.
Johno
TS Member
I think if the theme was more 'long lived' than Angry Birds will be (it's a fad, expecting it to be gone sometime soon..) then the attempts (in some parts) are ok.
The idea of the dodgems I like - however the presentation and implementation is awful. Themeing them properly would have taken no time at all - it's a real shame.
We're faced with this stupid situation where they've tried to go for a fresh looking theme - parts look ok (building repaints, some of the vinyls do look 'ok') but it doesn't fit the park or anything at all.
The idea of the dodgems I like - however the presentation and implementation is awful. Themeing them properly would have taken no time at all - it's a real shame.
We're faced with this stupid situation where they've tried to go for a fresh looking theme - parts look ok (building repaints, some of the vinyls do look 'ok') but it doesn't fit the park or anything at all.
nickhutson
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Meanwhile - over at a real theme park...
Rose Of Dawn
TS Member
Rob said:
Why do I have the feeling none of those food items the Angry Birds are eating are available from that outlet?
